Michael "Mike" Hogewood is an American

United States

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 sportscaster

Sportscaster

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. He is a freelance

Freelancer

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 play-by-play announcer who is primarily associated with Raycom Sports

Raycom Sports

Raycom Sports is an American syndicator of sports television programs. It is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and owned and operated by Raycom Media.-Founding:...

 (formerly Jefferson Pilot Sports). Hogewood is best known for his work on ACC

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

 football games, ACC men's and women's basketball, as well as for anchoring Raycom's coverage of Nextel Cup

NEXTEL Cup

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing . The series was originally known as the Strictly Stock Series and Grand National Series . While leasing its naming rights to R. J...

 NASCAR

NASCAR

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 races. In addition to his work with Raycom, Hogewood does play-by-play for FSN South

FSN South

Fox Sports South is a regional sports network that airs sports programming in the Southern United States. It is part of the larger Fox Sports Net group of regional sports networks...

, Sun Sports

Sun Sports

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, New England Sports Network

New England Sports Network

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, Comcast SportsNet

Comcast SportsNet

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, HDNet

HDNet

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 and the Speed Channel

SPEED Channel

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. He became a freelance announcer after nearly 15 years of experience (1987-2001) as a network announcer, and later sports director, for the CBS affiliate WFMY-TV

WFMY-TV

WFMY-TV is a television station in Greensboro, North Carolina. Owned by the Gannett Company, WFMYis the CBS affiliate for the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem area...

 Channel 2 in his hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro, North Carolina

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Hogewood is also the current host of several television sports reporting shows, including: ACC Football Today, ACC Basketball Today, Saturdays in the South, and the Emmy Award winning ACC All Access.

Mike's also was a broadcaster for The Nashville Network

The Nashville Network

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's coverage of Monster Jam

Monster Jam

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Hogewood's most recent work was being the play-by-play commentator for professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 promotion, Ring of Honor

Ring of Honor

Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...

, as a part of its television deal with Denver-based network, HDNet

HDNet

HDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television...

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